When Liberty Valance rode to town

The womenfolk would hide, they'd hide

When Liberty Valance walked around

The men would step aside



Cause the point of a gun was the only law

That Liberty understood

When it came to shooting straight and fast

He was mighty good



From out of the East a stranger came

A law book in his hand, a man

The kind of a man the West would need

To tame a troubled land



Cause the point of a gun was the only law

That Liberty understood

When it came to shooting straight and fast

He was mighty good



Many a man would face his gun

And many a man would fall

The man who shot Liberty Valance

He shot Liberty Valance

He was the bravest of them all



The love of a girl can make a man stay on

When he should go, stay on

Just trying to build a peaceful life

Where love is free to grow



But the point of a gun was the only law

That Liberty understood

When the final showdown came at last

A law book was no good



Alone and afraid, she prayed that he'd

Return that fateful night, oh that night

When nothing she said could keep her man

From going out to fight



From the moment a girl gets to be full grown

The very first thing she learns

When two men go out to face each other

Only one returns



Everyone heard two shots ring out

The shot made Liberty fall

The man who shot Liberty Valence

He shot Liberty Valance

He was the bravest of them all



The man who shot Liberty Valance

He shot Liberty Valance

He was the bravest of them all